Diocese of Garagoa, Colombia 🇨🇴

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Garagoa / Garagoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tunja

Neighbouring Dioceses: Zipaquirá (←), Tunja (↑), Yopal (→), Villavicencio (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1977.04.26: Established as Diocese of Garagoa / Garagoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tunja and became suffragan of Tunja)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Julio Hernando García Peláez (67)

Monsignors (5)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Garagoa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julio Hernando García Peláez (67)
(2017.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia)

Born:	1958.07.26 (Anserma, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1985.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.02

Priest of Pereira (Colombia) (1985.06.02 – 2005.02.11)

Titular Bishop of Bida (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cali (Colombia) (2005.02.11 – 2010.06.05)

Bishop of Istmina–Tadó (Colombia) (2010.06.05 – 2017.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Quibdó (Colombia) (2011.03 – 2013.01.30)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (2017.06.15 – ...)

Bishop José Vicente Huertas Vargas
(2000.06.23 – 2017.06.15)

Born:	1940.04.12 (Ramiriqui, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.04
Died:	2023.08.10 (Bogotá, Colombia † 83)

Priest of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.11 – 2000.06.23)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (2000.06.23 – 2017.06.15)

Bishop Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo
(1989.12.27 – 2000.02.24)

Born:	1924.12.10 (Fosca, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.06.13
Died:	2000.02.24 († 75)

Priest of Bogotá (Colombia) (1953.12.06 – 1986.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Pauzera (1986.05.03 – 1989.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá (Colombia) (1986.05.03 – 1989.02.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1989.02.16 – 1989.12.27)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1989.12.27 – 2000.02.24)

Bishop Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros
(1977.04.26 – 1989.12.27)

Evangelizantes Jesum

Born:	1918.06.12 (Susacón, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.01
Died:	1989.12.27 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Baliana (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tunja (Colombia) (1967.02.20 – 1970.06.04)

Bishop of Jericó (Colombia) (1970.06.04 – 1977.04.26)

Bishop of Garagoa (Colombia) (1977.04.26 – 1989.12.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Guillermo Alvaro Ortiz Carrillo (1989.02.16 – 1989.12.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá, Garagoa, Boyacá
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Zipaquirá (←), Tunja (↑), Yopal (→), Villavicencio (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 4,400 km²

Population: 136,000 Catholics (95.8% of 142,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (52 diocesan, 1 religious), 64 religious (1 brother, 63 sisters), 5 seminarians